David W. Lambert <b49p23t...@stny.rr.com> added the comment:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_order

For pair of items from a set,  (that's the total)
if  a <= b  and  b <= c  then  a <= c  (part of the order)
if  a <= b  and  b <= a  then  a compares the same as b, a == b, (the
other part of the order)

On Mon, 2010-04-05 at 19:46 +0000, Éric Araujo wrote:
> Éric Araujo <mer...@netwok.org> added the comment:
> 
> Hello
> 
> Small documentation question: Does the expression “total ordering” have 
> established usage in maths or computer science? Its meaning is not obvious to 
> the non-maths person that I am.
> 
> Regards
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